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[cosmic dagger]

All you have to look at is the local position of the "EndPosition" GameObject, that's it . . .

[umbral rock]

but if u look at the endpositioning, its not higher right?

[finite yoke]

hi
help me pls, why does i get "MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'Animator' has been destroyed" error after scene reloading? The most weird part is that script actually works but throws this error for some reason
MissingReferenceException: The object of type 'Animator' has been destroyed but you are still trying to access it. Your script should either check if it is null or you should not destroy the object. UnityEngine.Animator.GetFloat (System.String name) (at <9b89611000504a9585efec19be4faf3b>:0) Movement.RunStop (UnityEngine.InputSystem.InputAction+CallbackContext context) (at Assets/Scripts/Player/Movement.cs:141) UnityEngine.InputSystem.Utilities.DelegateHelpers.InvokeCallbacksSafe[TValue] (UnityEngine.InputSystem.Utilities.CallbackArray1[System.Action1[TValue]]& callbacks, TValue argument, System.String callbackName, System.Object context) (at ./Library/PackageCache/com.unity.inputsystem@1.7.0/InputSystem/Utilities/DelegateHelpers.cs:46) UnityEngine.InputSystem.LowLevel.<>c__DisplayClass7_0:<set_onUpdate>b__0(NativeInputUpdateType, NativeInputEventBuffer*) UnityEngineInternal.Input.NativeInputSystem:NotifyUpdate(NativeInputUpdateType, IntPtr)

[cosmic dagger]

How can we tell? You didn't show us the inspector for the EndPosition GameObject . . .

You have to actually click on it and look . . .

[steep rose]

the Y value should be higher

[umbral rock]

this the inspector

[steep rose]

what im seeing is the child object is the exact position of the parent object

i could be wrong

brb

[steel hull]

can someone PLEASE help me with moving

I can't even make movement system please

[cosmic dagger]

Don't ask to ask, just ask . . .

[umbral rock]

ye exactly

i dont know why the spawner is spawning higher

[steel hull]

what do you mean

I asked several times no one answered

where is the page where you see the inputs

like yk "Mouse X"

[cosmic quail]

you mean this? https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-InputManager.html

[steel hull]

no like where do I see how many Input options are there?

[cosmic quail]

read the first sentence in the link

[steel hull]

thank youu

[cosmic dagger]

No one will know that you've asked before unless they were in the channel at that time. Just keep reposting so everyone can see your question and attempt to help. You can't assume we already know . . .

[steel hull]

nah I typed it so that I could know if anyone was in the channel because when I asked no one was 😦

how do I make a movement system can someone please send a tutorial

my movement system doesn't work

[languid spire]

!learn

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[cosmic dagger]

There are tons on Google or YouTube. Just pick one and start. We don't know what type of movement you want . . .

[steel hull]

you think I am here without any tend of finding tutorials? I have found multiple but no one explains what they are doing...

that is why I am asking you guys

[cosmic quail]

what kind of movement are you looking for?

[steel hull]

wasd fps

[cosmic dagger]

This is the information you should provide so we know that. What tutorial are you having trouble with? Which part is not working correctly? We cannot properly help if you don't give us any information . . .

[steel hull]

here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QajrabyTJc&t=851s this is the video and the thing is I want to know what he's doing I don't want to just copy paste his work thats how I learn

[cosmic dagger]

Great Brackeys . . . 🙄

[steel hull]

everyone says the same thing 😦

he uhm sort of adds the directions then sets it as a vector3...

[pale ocean]

i don't know much unity but i know in C# a vector3 is used to store x, y, z coordinates.

[final kestrel]

  public void LoadData(GameData data)
        {
            transform.position = data.playerPosition.ToVector3();
        }

        public void SaveData(GameData data)
        {
            data.playerPosition = new SerializableVector3(this.transform.position);
        }

I have this class called Serializable vector which basically takes in a vector3 so that I can save it as json. When I try to load, it sometimes does not update my player position to the point where I saved it. I have to load couple times for it to work. Why is that?

[System.Serializable]
public class SerializableVector3
{
    public float x;
    public float y;
    public float z;

    public SerializableVector3() {}

    public SerializableVector3(float rX, float rY, float rZ)
    {
        x = rX;
        y = rY;
        z = rZ;
    }

    public SerializableVector3(Vector3 v3)
    {
        x = v3.x;
        y = v3.y;
        z = v3.z;
    }

    public Vector3 ToVector3()
    {
        return new Vector3(x, y, z);
    }
}

This is the class

[finite yoke]

can someone else help me please? check out message i asnwered to

[steep rose]

its because the spawn object isnt higher than the other one so obviously it wont spawn higher

you need to raise the object to the position that you want

then check in LocalPosition not Position

[steel hull]

I think I figured it out

[steep rose]

first do this to your !code

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[steep rose]

bro these bots are on a lifeline man

also show us some code

[steel hull]

I DID IT

[finite yoke]

but which code you need? i get the error i wrote in that message when a method that uses the animator reference runs, there's nothing special in this part of code

[steel hull]

WITHOUT HELP

but now I don't know why w makes me go right 😦

I don't get it 😦

[languid spire]

Go and follow the pathways from the learn site. we are not here to answer every basic unity question you have

[steep rose]

the error is saying you are using a destroyed object which you cannot do, so whatever script you have that controls this give that
also the posting code bot is a must

[verbal dome]

You haven't shown your code or anything

[steel hull]

I figured it out myself, It works now

[final kestrel]

I have to spam the load button for it to work. It flickers between the saved location and the current location

[finite yoke]

i didn't made any script to destroy animator

[steep rose]

well when does this error occur?

[umbral rock]

well, thats what i dont understand, it does spawn higher

[finite yoke]

after scene reloading, when player dies scene reloads to restart level

[steep rose]

oh i misunderstood what you were talking about, after im done with lance ill get to you

[languid spire]

so post the !code where you actually do the save and load

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[umbral rock]

Okay, thank u

[steep rose]

either its a bug or you are either destroying the animator and readding it or its null like the error said.

but now that i think of it when you reload a scene it destroys everything then adds everything back in i believe so if you are trying to use the animator the instant your script is on thats probably whats causing it

[final kestrel]

Right. Here https://hatebin.com/alwyjtsdfq

[finite yoke]

the error occurs when a method that stops player running runs (RunStop()), RunStart(), Jump, other functions works fine and error doesn't occur

[final kestrel]

I checked the json file and it saves the numbers correct regarding transform

[languid spire]

I'm not suggesting it doesn't but it does sound like there is something wrong with your load logic

[steep rose]

can i see the script of which you are trying to access the animator?

to see if im correct

[finite yoke]

entire script or only that method?

[wintry quarry]

Ah this is pretty straightforward

You're subscribing something to an input handler

And you're never unsubscribing it

That's your error

I.e. you did something like someAction.performed += something;

But you never did the equivalent -=

[steep rose]

lets see that script, make sure to use this do this !code. use large code blocks

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[wintry quarry]

So the problem is in your input handling code

[vital gale]

Can someone please explain why when someone hosts, the first method called is OnStartAuthority and then OnStartClient.. but when someone joins the lobby the first method is OnStartClient and then OnStartAuthority?

[finite yoke]

hold on, i gues i understand what PraerorBlue is talking about

[rich adder]

#archived-networking

[vital gale]

whoops, sorry

[cosmic dagger]

From your first picture, if the platform is the spawned prefab, the EndPosition transform is placed at the top of it; that makes sense as to why the next prefab is placed higher . . .

[finite yoke]

first time when i used InputSystm i watched a yt guide how to do it and it says that i should write for each action something like:

void OnEnable()
{
     someAction.Enable();
     someAction.performed += something;
}

void OnDisable()
{ someAction.Disable(); }

[wintry quarry]

Yeah and when you do that you need to clean up too

void OnDisable() {
  someAction.performed -= something;
}```

yt guides are for getting you started quick but sometimes they skip a step...

[wintry quarry]

if you show your actual code we may see the real problem. but it's something like this

[finite yoke]

sorry, i didn't finished my message

[finite yoke]

and i forgot to write runStop.Disable();

[wintry quarry]

so if you do that it's fixed?

[finite yoke]

let me try

[finite yoke]

yes, thanks a lot

i won't even think about this

that this is because i forgot to write one line

[final kestrel]

Maybe it is trying to load too fast hence the flickering between saved position and the current position

It works fine on my inventory though. I can save and load it without a problem its just the player position.

[languid spire]

if you dont share the relevant code how can you expect us to help you fix it?

[winter tinsel]

huh?

[wintry quarry]

OnTriggerEnter uses a Collider parameter

not a Collision

[final kestrel]

https://hatebin.com/pirptjthad this is where I read and write data

[wintry quarry]

that's what it means when it says "has an incorrect signature"

wrong parameter type

[winter tinsel]

ah

so Collider collider right?

[wintry quarry]

you can name it whatever you want

[rich adder]

is that what the docs say?

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collider.OnTriggerEnter.html

[umbral rock]

aaaah ok, and what makes it spawn further on the x axis then? the length of the endposition transform?

[winter tinsel]

just logically

[languid spire]

so where is that called from?

[rich adder]

the important part is the type, the name of the parameter is inconsequential . You can literally name it "bread" and it wouldn't matter

[winter tinsel]

y dont say

[final kestrel]

https://hatebin.com/mcknhttiqt in here

[rich adder]

jesus christ this code screams AI

[final kestrel]

Not AI i got it from a repo

[cosmic dagger]

that probably depends on the pivot of the prefab . . .

[final kestrel]

I know its bad and you guys do not like it as well so I would never come asking for help with AI code 😄

[rich adder]

nah just saw that one part the comment looked sus :p seems fine otherwise

[final kestrel]

Well yeah I tried hard understanding what it does and comments help a lot really.

[rich adder]

on that note. maybe instead of commenting each line, you can just comment the function and describe what its purpose is etc.

but yeah comments are good , use them

[final kestrel]

Good to know. I will do that.

[languid spire]

And where is LoadGame called from. My god this is like pulling teeth

[final kestrel]

Sorry if I cause any trouble. I just call load game on a key stroke. Checking that key in update in my player script

Save is the same too

[languid spire]

you know what I think the problem is
You have the objects multiple times in your persistence List
or you have multiple DatasPersistenceManagers

[queen adder]

hi does anyone know this extension??

[languid spire]

you have only implemented half of the singleton pattern

[rich adder]

its not an extension, its a configured IDE

if you're talking about the sugegstionbox/Intellisense

[queen adder]

how to get it

[rich adder]

!ide

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[rich adder]

follow the instructions 🆙

[queen adder]

oh thanks

[umbral rock]

aaah so it has nothing to do with the code? the code just spawns it at the position of the endposition and the prefab?

[final kestrel]

Hm so you think I have maybe duplicates that implement the Interface?

[languid spire]

Problem is your Awake, you do not Stop the Start from running if there is a duplicate

[final kestrel]

It throws an error saying found more than one data persistence manager. But Start still runs you say.

[languid spire]

of course, DebugLogError does not stop processing

[queen adder]

vscode not showing up

[languid spire]

the script still exists and still runs

[rich adder]

thats because you did not follow the VSCode instructions properly

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/other/unity#_install
Start from the top

[final kestrel]

All right so I gotta make sure to throw an error that will stop executing the script

[languid spire]

you cannot do that, you need to destroy the script or it's game object

[final kestrel]

ah okay I can do that

  private void Awake() {
    if(instance != null){
        Debug.LogError("Found more than one Data Persistence Manager in the scene");
        Destroy(this.gameObject);
    }
    instance = this;
   }

It remains untouched on load. I looked for the duplicates but could not find any either.

[languid spire]

you really do not need to put this. everywhere it wastes your time and ours

[final kestrel]

All right I wont do that

[final kestrel]

Well I tried debugging and the serializable vector I'm trying to get the values from is accurate with whats saved in json.

Could it be that I'm doing it in update? Checking for the keystroke? It somehow runs too fast that unity cannot process or something

[sweet sierra]

Uhh how can I tackle this?

[cosmic dagger]

what does the error say?

[sweet sierra]

Cannot convert from GameObject to AudioSource, obviously

But how do I find an AudioSource of that tag?

[rich adder]

so why are you trying to put a gameobject in audiosource

[sweet sierra]

I don't want to 😂

[rich adder]

the same way you get any other component

[cosmic dagger]

why are you trying to assign an AudioSource to a GameObject?

[sweet sierra]

I can't reference it directly though. I'm using DDOL

[rich adder]

.GetComponent

[sweet sierra]

Ohhhhh 😲

[languid spire]

you should know the score by now, show the code for the keystroke capture

[sweet sierra]

This makes sense 🤦

Get the gameObject, then it's component

Duhh

[cosmic dagger]

you need to look at what FindWithTag returns. make sure you return the correct type . . .

[sweet sierra]

Feels like I'm dumb and smart at the same time lol

[cosmic dagger]

if it's obvious, then you should know what to do . . .

[rich adder]

any time you need runtime components you will usually be using GetComponent/TryGetComponent

[sweet sierra]

Yes I'm pretty used to that by now

Also, GetComponentInChild/Parent. Saviors 🙌

[rich adder]

if you only have 1 of something then sstick to FindObjectOfType directly, no tags needed

[sweet sierra]

Yes. Here I had more than one. That's why I had to

[rich adder]

yes

[final kestrel]

 if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.Space))
            {
                
                DataPersistenceManager.instance.SaveGame();
            }

            if (Input.GetKeyDown(KeyCode.C))
            {
                DataPersistenceManager.instance.LoadGame();
            }

This here. These are in update.

[rich adder]

though you should learn the singleton pattern and make a nice audioManager that already has what you need

[sweet sierra]

Well actually... we had deadline today 💀. So I had to rush things a little

But the deadline got extended till monday so now at least adding the option to turn volume up/down

Otherwise, it's implemented and works perfectly fine

[rich adder]

https://gamedevbeginner.com/singletons-in-unity-the-right-way/

its a good read if you got the time, check it out

[winter tinsel]

can you find scripts with this?

[sweet sierra]

Thank you! I'll definitely look into that 😄

[rich adder]

yes that would be an Object

[cosmic dagger]

check the method in the Unity docs to find out . . .

[rich adder]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Object.FindObjectOfType.html

iirc the new unity version changed the method name

[winter tinsel]

i did, it said it wouldnt return meshes textures etc, wanted to check if it would return scripts

[rich adder]

rip

new one
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Object.FindFirstObjectByType.html
or
https://docs.unity3d.com/6000.0/Documentation/ScriptReference/Object.FindAnyObjectByType.html

[sweet sierra]

Guys.. quick question.

Is
int something = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(key, defaultValue)

The same as:

if (!PlayerPrefs.HasKey(key))
{
    something = defaultValue;
}
else 
{
    something = PlayerPrefs.GetInt(key); 
}

Or is one better than the other?

[wintry quarry]

no they're different

because the second one doesn't do anything if the key does exist

[sweet sierra]

Fixed that*

Now?

[wintry quarry]

oh you changed it

[sweet sierra]

Yeah mb I missed that earlier

[wintry quarry]

now.. they behave the same but the first one is much cleaner and more performant

[rich adder]

Just when they think they've got the answers, I change the questions

[sweet sierra]

So I was right all along 👑. I saw a youtuber doing the latter and was kinda confused that why not use the overload?

[wintry quarry]

they probably don't know about it?

Youtubers are entertainers first, programmers second.

[sweet sierra]

Hence top hackers not teaching hacking 🌝

[wintry quarry]

Youtube tutorials are often riddled with errors and bad practices

[rich adder]

deletes old videos

[wintry quarry]

I mean... most code is riddled with errors and bad practices, we're all on a learning journey

[sweet sierra]

Literally. Also, they (most) only really teach one way which I find kinda wrong because everything has different best case usages soo... 🤓

[wintry quarry]

I'm learning ECS right now and I'm sure my code is hot garbage

[finite dew]

same situation, and I'm sure mine is too

[winter tinsel]

can i use getComponent<> to get the component without specifying its name?

specifically if theres only one component

[finite dew]

you only need to specify the type of the component

but you always have to do that

[ivory bobcat]

What do you mean by "without specifying it's name"?

[finite dew]

actually they probably do mean type

[wintry quarry]

there's always more than one component

Transform is on every GameObject

No, you have to specify which component you want.

the code has no idea how many components there are until runtime

so it won't know what type you want without you telling it

[winter tinsel]

yes but im saying for example
If i have a gameobject with a single child called "somethignscript", what do i put in GetComponent<> to get the script without specifying i want the component with the name "something script"?

[wintry quarry]

"children" have nothing to do with components

[rich adder]

use GetComponentInChildren btw to find it on children

[wintry quarry]

you do GetComponent<somethingscript>() to get that script

[ivory bobcat]

Maybe consider referencing through the inspector instead, if applicable.

[languid spire]

That looks fine, I'm guessing somewhere you are changing the player position, show that code

[winter tinsel]

yes but can i do it without specifying the name of the script

[wintry quarry]

no

as I said 5 times

It doesn't make any sense

[winter tinsel]

im talking from the perspective of there being only one script

[rich adder]

NO because there are other components besides your script

[cosmic dagger]

if you don't specify the type, how are you suppose to get the component you want? 🤔

[wintry quarry]

You could do GetComponent<Component>() but then you have no idea what component you're getting. Likely you'll get the Transform

[wintry quarry]

this is not possible unless it's only a Transform

[winter tinsel]

yeah, how do i get the script wihtout specifying the name of the script

[wintry quarry]

you don't

[winter tinsel]

but specifying that i want a script

and no other component

[cosmic dagger]

there is always more than one component on a GameObject (unles you don't add any scripts to one) . . .

[wintry quarry]

What would be the point of this?

[ivory bobcat]

You could probably use some sort of reflection but I'm not going to delve into that discussion.

[steep rose]

you cant, so dont try

its useless

[wintry quarry]

YOu could do:

Behaviour b = GetComponent<Behaviour>();``` but then you can't access any of your script data

only .enabled

[finite dew]

ooohhh I think I get what you mean
try looking into deriving classes, maybe that's what you need?

[steep rose]

you would be wasting your time if you wanted to not get the type

[finite dew]

you can get a base class than can be any of the various deriving classes

I'm not sure if that's what you mean or need but it's helpful knowledge

it's called inheritance

[rich adder]

no idea at this point what the purpose of this is

[steep rose]

[winter tinsel]

i have a gameobject with a script that has name x
i want the script, can i get the script without specifying the name of the script, BUT specifying that i need a script

that exists where im looking

[finite dew]

no, because you need to specify exactly what kind of script you need

the code needs to know what kind of script it is before it starts looking for it

[ivory bobcat]

No as repeatedly suggested by others

[finite dew]

so its name

[cosmic dagger]

a script is just a file that holds a class (which is a type). if a class derives from MonoBehaviour, you can add it to a GameObject. a MonoBehaviour is a Component that when attached to a GameObject creates an instance of that component . . .

[raw token]

On a belated note, this looks a little suspect for a singleton implementation - if instance is already set, you do destroy the new game object, but then you overwrite instance with the script on the to-be-destroyed GO anyway.

Neither Debug.LogError() nor Destroy() will exit method execution. You'd need to return, throw an exception, or put the assignment in an else block

[rich adder]

what would be the point of doing this

[wintry quarry]

Can you explain why you are asking this? For what purpose would you want to do this?

[rich adder]

sounds like an XY question

[wintry quarry]

It's 100% an XY problem

[polar acorn]

How is it supposed to know which script you want if you don't tell it which script you want

[wintry quarry]

I already provided a couple answers like this but without knowing why who knows if they're helpful

[winter tinsel]

because scripts are their own thing right?

[rich adder]

they are types yes

class specifically

[sweet sierra]

But you at least need to specify what script you want. What if an object has more than 1 scripts attached?

[cosmic dagger]

#💻┃code-beginner message

[rich adder]

scripts are just files.

[polar acorn]

I refuse to answer this question because the fact that you're asking it implies you have no idea what your question actually means

Any answer I give could be technically correct but give you the wrong information

because you are coming at this entirely wrong

[winter tinsel]

i specifically mention that im working with something where every game object that i want to refrence using this has exactly ONE script

[winter tinsel]

its a rhetorical question, im confiriming something

[polar acorn]

And where, in code, do you specify this?

[wintry quarry]

what are you confirming

[rich adder]

so you want to grab all the ones with this script ?

[polar acorn]

How is the code supposed to know that

It can't just "know" that every object has one and only one script

[wintry quarry]

so why not jsut use that script name

[polar acorn]

unless you tell it that

[ivory bobcat]

Each game object will have more than one component if you're planning to add your script to said object.

[polar acorn]

As far as unity is concerned, every gam object has a potentially limitless amount of components

and as such, the code is structured around that assumption

[finite dew]

is it the same script or are they different scripts

[rich adder]

guess what Transform is already a "Script" etc.

[sweet sierra]

If only coding languages could directly access what we are thinking when writing something

[rich adder]

they are components, so is any script you attach to gameobjects

[winter tinsel]

different scripts

[wintry quarry]

they would need to derive from a common type or share an interface

they already derive from MonoBehaviour and Behaviour, but those probably are not useful to you

[finite dew]

you need to create a base class that will have the functionality you need on all those scripts, then make all those scripts derive from that base class
it's called inheritance look it up

and you need to getcomponent that base class

then and only then you can do what you wanna do

[polar acorn]

So, here's a question. Let's assume that you could get the one specific MonoScript instance as a component on an object.

What the hell would you do with it afterwards if you don't know what script it is?
If you could do Component c = GetTheOneScriptMagicFunction(); how do you intend to use it

all you'd know about it is that it exists

you couldn't access any properties, functions, or variables on it

because you could only access things that Component had

[final kestrel]

What I noticed is that whenever I start playing and load. It works every single time.

[toxic pine]

Does anyone know how to freeze the position of a rigidbody in a script

[final kestrel]

I do not change player position any other place than in my controller.

[rich adder]

did you google it

its like the top result

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody-constraints.html

Do note that the constraints are bit flags. If you want to combine them, you'd need to use |, not +

[ivory bobcat]

Lookup unity rigid body constraints

[rich adder]

imagine that..

[cosmic dagger]

access the constraints in code and set them . . .

[toxic pine]

alr

[languid spire]

which tells me that somewhere you are storing a 'previous player position' or something similar which should be updated when you do the load

[trim hedge]

Hi everybody, could someone point me in the right direction on how to center my player prefab while climbing ladders?

This is my HandleClimbing, part of PlayerMovement script: https://pastebin.com/KuE40FUv

I tried to follow "WorldToCell" and "GetCellCenterWorld", but I wasn't able to reference the grid tilemap in the player prefab, when I tried I'd get "type mismatch" in the editor.

Right now my climbing works and all, but I wanted it to be always in the center of the ladder.

Should I be handling this from the "ClimbingTilemap" where the ladders are placed? And then use FindObjectOfType from the player to call a method that centers it? I'm confused if this is the right way, it seems like it should be simpler.

[final kestrel]

I am looking into it but cannot find any storing I'm doing regarding the player position. I thought maybe I was actually moving when I press load button which causes the flickering. Unity not deciding whether it should teleport me to the saved location or actually process the current movement. I lifted my hands from the keyboard and stood still when I pressed load but nah on 2nd or 3rd loading attempt it still flickers

[languid spire]

your code is all sequential, so that is not the problem. you need to look at ANY code that modifies the player transform.position

[final kestrel]

I used a boolean to disable the movement if its in a loading phasr. It works okay now

My experiment of lifting my hands up in the air was not reliable it seems

[languid spire]

then it is your movement code causing the problem

[final kestrel]

Yes I will keep looking into it.

Thanks for your time

[nova shore]

the sphere is parented to another object, it has a kinematic rb
SphericalShell.GetComponent<Rigidbody>().Move(Vector3.up * 10,Quaternion.identity);

IT JUST DOESNT WANNA MOVE, ive been stuck for an hour tryna make a sphere mvoe im gonna cry

the worst part is im sure ive tried every way of tryna move an object in the book

[polar acorn]

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Rigidbody.Move.html
So, you're putting the object at 0, 10, 0 every frame

[nova shore]

bro i dont care where it goes

i just want it to budge

[polar acorn]

It is

You're putting it at 0, 10, 0 every frame

[nova shore]

yea but it isnt at 0,10,0 is it

[cosmic quail]

we dont know that

[nova shore]

yea

[cosmic dagger]

you're not reading what they're saying . . .

[polar acorn]

How could I possibly know that?

[nova shore]

mf how the fuck did i not read the docs

[polar acorn]

I thought you "tried every way"

[rich adder]

too busy yappin here

[nova shore]

yea

[modest dust]

You're getting a type mismatch because you cannot reference a scene object in a prefab. Pass the reference when you Instantiate the player.

[trim hedge]

thanks! That worked, instead of trying to reference the grid directly in the prefab, I referenced it in the player object that's in the scene! Do you know if there's a smarter way of doing this centering thing though? I'd do it in "OnTriggerEnter2D" but the collider I get is from the tilemap which doesn't have the accurate transform position of the ladder tile, in fact its position is always 0

[steep rose]

This is fake do not click it

thanks

[fickle plume]

!ban 1269754182391300157 spam

[eternal falcon]

daring_wolf_85460 was banned.

[steel hull]

quick question-I have a player that is an empyt object, inside the player object I have a capsule and the main camera. Which part do I apply rigidbody for physics to work?

[languid spire]

again !learn, And I'm gonna keep doing this until you actually do

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[steel hull]

where are the guys from yesterday? you were being toxic and you still are

how am I supposed to locate exactly what I am looking for in this gigantic tutorial page?

[languid spire]

this server is NOT your personal tutorial channel

[steel hull]

yeah thats why everyone is free to ask!

[fickle plume]

Basic Roll-a-ball tutorial explains this. This discord is not to spoonfeed you every little thing.

[steel hull]

the channel's name is code-beginner remember?

or can you not read

BEGINNER

[polar acorn]

You're not supposed to find exactly what you're looking for. You're supposed to get general knowledge of how components work to synthesize them into solving your specific use case

[polar acorn]

Which part do you want physics on

[languid spire]

Yes, beginner, no 'CAN NOT BE ARSED TO LEARN'

[steel hull]

the player itself

[fickle plume]

@steel hull Make some effort to learn first. When you are completely blank slate you won't even be able to understand the help you are getting.

[polar acorn]

So then that's presumably what you want the physics component on

[steel hull]

yes, I am trying to but this guy is being toxic

I am trying to be as polite as possible

[fickle plume]

So start doing courses or basic tutorials on that page and ask questions that show that you did so.

[steep rose]

Fogsight was being the most polite i dont see how he is toxic

[steel hull]

I am watching them when I don't UNDERSTAND what I watch thats when I come here to ask

[steel hull]

not him

stevesmith or sum

[steep rose]

same with steve

[polar acorn]

So then ask specific questions about the concepts you don't understand. That's the kind of question we're here to answer

[steel hull]

uhm wait

[steel hull]

was this not specific enough?

[cosmic quail]

wdym you dont understand? does he not show what he puts the rigidbody on

[fickle plume]

You supposed to do the course work and follow the tutorial.

[steel hull]

that is not the way I learn I need to know how things work before applying them to my work

yes I do try them to understand first

but before I move on I need to understand the concept of this discord channel should be it, no?

[cosmic quail]

you can try putting the rigidbody on the empty parent object and see if it works. if not then put it on the child with the collider. and putting it on just the camera doesnt make sense

[steel hull]

I did, it didn't work thats why I am here

[cosmic quail]

neither way worked?

[steel hull]

I will try to send you a video

[cosmic quail]

maybe you forgot the collider then?

[steel hull]

the body falls off

[polar acorn]

I mean, I answered that. You put the physics component on the object you want physics on

[steel hull]

but then the empty object stays where it is while the capsule falls off gimme a min

[polar acorn]

Well, yes. The object that doesn't have a rigidbody isn't going to have physics

[fickle plume]

@steel hull What tutorial are you following?

[steel hull]

wait let me send tou the link

this is the video

wait the video is coming

https://youtu.be/_QajrabyTJc?si=aMPEdN7cPbclaYEO

guys thank you all but I don't have much time

[steep rose]

you need to lock the X Y Z on rigidbody

[cosmic quail]

are u combining character controller with a rigidbody. thats bad

[steep rose]

using constraints

[fickle plume]

@steel hull Where do you see in the video rigidbody being added anywhere?

[steel hull]

It just moves on the ground no problem

thats why I am here

I am a beginner

[polar acorn]

Okay, so, why go off-script?

[fickle plume]

It's a video about FPS controller. It doesn't interact with rigidbodies

[steel hull]

okay then what should I search for? how to give empties with a capsule underneath physics?

[fickle plume]

Do a proper course on !learn so you won't be trying to do impossible things. Where everything explained gradually.

[eternal falcon]

:teacher: Unity Learn ↗

Over 750 hours of free live and on-demand learning content for all levels of experience!

[steel hull]

okay

[modest dust]

Yes, the position will be 0 since the transform you're getting is likely the tilemap transform. I can't really think of any solution which involves using the tilemap, but an alternative you can try is making the ladders into separate gameobjects with regular SpriteRenderers. Then their x position would be your players centering position. Another thing you might want to consider are raycasts, which return a RaycastHit2D which has a point property which you could possibly convert from world position to grid coords and back to centered position.

[trim hedge]

Right, thanks for all suggestions, this has been very insightful for me

[hallow sun]

is it more efficient to Resource.Load<Sprite> or to use a List<Sprite>?
this is for a pointer to the next target

[devout valley]

hello. ive been trying for a long time to blend two tutorials basically. ive finished one tutorial on a 3rd person character movement using enum states and input actions asset. however im trying to add a new action and its proving very difficult. im trying to add a dash. i planned to just take the inputx and input y and use a second tutorial on how to add dashing into your unity game its proving very difficult to mix the two as im not fully familiar with everything that was done in the third person movement controller as i am still pretty new to game development.

3rd person controller tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otqmsZmP4ZI&t=5s

Dashing tutorial : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTNWUbGkZ58

player locomotion : https://pastecode.io/s/kx5x5wbs

player controller : https://pastecode.io/s/59y633v1

[worthy tundra]

every day is a new opportunity to re-invent the wheel

[devout valley]

oh am i doing something wrong?

[worthy tundra]

nah dw i was talking abt myself lol

[devout valley]

oh oh alr

[worthy tundra]

making a fsm rn

[devout valley]

ah fair play

im so stuck this is awful

lol

[raw token]

I would think that in a broad sense they're equally as "efficient" as they both perform the same work, just at different times.

But this sorta sounds like premature optimization - I don't think efficiency should be a factor in choosing one or the other, unless the profiler suggests as much.

[cosmic quail]

resources.load is way worse from what i've read (don't remember the details though)

[wintry quarry]

Not enough information

[eternal needle]

Resources is worse yes for performance but its something you really do once at the start.
You cant really compare it to a list though, as you still need to populate this list somehow

[summer stump]

Trading a performance cost for development convenience is sometimes a worthwhile choice

Especially for a one time cost

[wintry quarry]

In fact we make that tradeoff all the time by writing code in high level languages instead of assembly

[summer stump]

Very good point

[hallow sun]

oh no, its not a one time thing.
this pointer shows the direction and icon of the closest NPC, so it would do this several times depending on the player's movement

i think ill stick with the List for this

[summer stump]

Well the resources call would be a one time thing (per resource needed, per runtime)

Then you cache the return value

You would do resources WITH the list

The real question is inspector references vs resources. Not list vs resources
(Also there is Addressables)

[drowsy flare]

Is there any way to set an order or priority of how objects are started in a scene? I would like the void Start() of a certain object to be before another.

Is this a use-case for Awake() ?

[polar acorn]

Yes

Put the thing you want to happen first in Awake

[wintry quarry]

There is a way but better practice is to use awake and OnEnable

[drowsy flare]

Okay, thanks guys

I'll have a look at OnEnable too, cheers!

[high totem]

how do i detect if debug mode is enabled in the unity editor via code? I figured it would just be

#if DEBUG but it seems DEBUG is always defined even if you have debug mode toggled off in the unity editor

Is there a preprocessor for this at all?

i guess not

interesting

[raw token]

What are you considering "debug mode"?
Missed the screenshot 👀

[slender nymph]

note that having the debugger enabled is not related to the Debug vs Release setting in your IDE. in fact that setting has no effect on the code's compilation because it is the unity editor that actually compiles and runs the code

[high totem]

Yeah I seen that what I did was created an editor script that sets a scripting define symbol in the player settings when CompilationPipeline.codeOptimization is debug

[past cloud]

hey, im using visual studio as me IDE, and up until now its been working fine, but today when i went into it its not working properly, anyone know what might be causing it

[slender nymph]

regenerate project files and restart it, if it still isn't working make sure it is actually configured. there have been some instances of the external tools setting in unity being reset so make sure that hasn't happened

[past cloud]

tried regenerating the project files and restarting, didnt work, then i went through the configuration steps in #854851968446365696 and it still doesnt work

[slender nymph]

show your external tools settings, the package in the package manager, and the workload in the vs installer

actually before all that, just screenshot your entire IDE window with the solution explorer visible

[slender nymph]

right click the project in the solution explorer and select Reload With Dependencies

[past cloud]

that fixed it, thanks

what was the issue? so i can avoid it in the future

[slender nymph]

the project simply wasn't loaded. there's nothing to "avoid" it doesn't typically happen, but if it does you just reload it

regenerating project files and restarting should have also reloaded it, but sometimes that extra button click is what you need 🤷‍♂️

[devout valley]

https://pastecode.io/s/cimx9w5w

https://pastecode.io/s/uz7s83d3

apparently "isRotatingToTargetHash does not exist in the current context" but im pretty sure its supposed to be fine? ive called it from the player controller script and ive set it the exact same as the others. its referenced at the top with a string to stringhash like i did with the rest of them?? whats wrong

[tranquil hollow]

how can i make the particle does not disable when my player flip

[raw token]

Your variable is named isRotatingToTarget, not isRotatingToTargetHash

[steep rose]

we need to see some code

[polar acorn]

Where do you define isRotatingToTargetHash?

[rocky canyon]

   public bool Loop = true;
    bool firstStart = true;

    private void OnEnable()
    {
        if (Loop && !firstStart)
        {
            Debug.Log("Test a function only once");
        }
    }

    private void Start()
    {
        if (Loop)
        {
            firstStart = false;
            this.enabled = false;
        }
    }``` heres a fun one.. found an old script i wrote when i *FIRST* start learning.. lol its a debug button (click the enable button on the script to call the function)

[steel stirrup]

How do I force a serialized unity event to actually use the value it's being invoked with rather than whatever nonsense is in the inspector (and ideally remove the parameter from the inspector entirely)? ie ```
[SerializeField] public UnityEvent<bool> OnEnter;
public void OnPointerEnter(PointerEventData eventData)
{
var b = true;
Debug.Log("Pointer Enter: " + b);
OnEnter?.Invoke(b);
}

    public void OnPointerExit(PointerEventData eventData)
    {
        OnEnter?.Invoke(false);
    }``` when tested the OnEnter does not actually pass 'b' but instead whatever the checkbox in the inspector is set to

EDIT: For anyone similarly annoyed, check the method dropdown in the inspector and check it isn't using static, which seems to completely disregard inputs without any warning.

[rocky canyon]

now im using reflection and Button Attribs (came a long way)

[rocky canyon]

the inspector values take prescendence over values in ur script..

if u (reset) ur script in teh inspector it'll go back to the original values

[rocky canyon]

why u using a public Event if u dont want it exposed in the inspector?

[steel stirrup]

I don't have 'original' values, I just want it to behave like a normal C# event and be completely dynamic

[rocky canyon]

ahh, i see

[steel stirrup]

I want it exposed, I don't want to use the inspector to do anything but grab references for convenience

[full kernel]

You need to mark the event as Dynamic in the inspector

[steel stirrup]

Yeah that did it

[rocky canyon]

theres a way to do this i cant remmeber tho..

    [SerializeField] private UnityEvent<bool> onEnterUnityEvent;

    public event UnityAction<bool> OnEnter;```

something like this maybe?

[steel stirrup]

No you just swap the method reference in the inspector

dynamic will respect the input, static just uses whatevers in the inspector

[rocky canyon]

[SerializeField] private UnityEvent<bool> onEnterUnityEvent; would using private serialized change the result any?

[steel stirrup]

that's just scoping, it shouldn't affect anything

[rocky canyon]

ahh ur right ur right

events outside my comfort zone.. but i need to learn them. so thats why im even replying lol.

but i understand the issue now, that was more than when i first read it

Unfortunately, Unity's inspector doesn't allow you to completely hide parameters for UnityEvent methods while still keeping the event exposed. However, the dynamic method selection in the inspector solves your main issue.

[steel stirrup]

I just use a wrapper for vanilla C# events whenever possible, so this is the first time in ~10 years this has come up

[rocky canyon]

yea, thats all i got from the threads im lookin at lol not really a often asked question i suppose

or i cant word it corrrectly

[steel stirrup]

Yes, if you select dynamic you won't see the parameter in the inspector (since it's being set when invoked)

[rocky canyon]

i'll remmeber that. ive never used the inspector to pass thru variables..

can'y you only pass 1 parameter via the inspector?

ahh, its a design choice

[cosmic dagger]

With default Unity events, yes . . .

[rocky canyon]

ive never heard the term "vanilla c#" until just now

i kinda dig it 😄

w/o unity's ~~api ~~ library/namespaces i cant code c# soo..

lol ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[cosmic dagger]

Custom Unity events can have multiple parameters, but as mentioned, you won't see those . . .

[rich adder]

technically it is an api

[rocky canyon]

imo unity events in the inspector are clutter-some af

[cosmic dagger]

I've heard a few people use vanilla c# but most say POCO (plain old c# object) . . .

[rich adder]

i just call them c# events vs Unity events

[rocky canyon]

aye, ive heard POCO befor.. i avoid using it cuz ppl reply wdym

[rocky canyon]

aren't they the same? in the most generalist sense

[steel stirrup]

No

[rich adder]

UnityAction is similiar to c# action

UnityEvent is specific to inspector/unitys event manager or whatever it is

[cosmic dagger]

I agree. I have a ton of custom events for some things. You can clump them under an arrow with custom inspector/attribute . . .

[full kernel]

Unity events are serializable, which has a lot more powerful implications than your standard C# event

[rich adder]

I mean is just they show up in inspector

not extra benefits there

[full kernel]

You can't think of any extra benefits there?

[steel stirrup]

UnityEvent is handy (especially for UI) because it's extensible and shows up in the inspector. But iirc performance was (at least at some point) worse than C# events, and showing up in the inspector is a pretty major double edged sword to begin with (though obviously can be avoided with an attribute)

[rich adder]

only for designers or assets

I dont personally like using the inspector for events

[cosmic dagger]

Kinda: C# events are just through code, and Unity events appear from the inspector . . .

[rich adder]

You can't tell which objects are listenting to event, its messy

[full kernel]

Serialization allows things to appear in the inspector...But the main purpose of serialization isn't just to make things appear in the inspector. There's much deeper implications to the power of serialization

[rocky canyon]

106 files and i dont use a single action or delegate.. they're all UnityEvents

[rich adder]

speaking relating to events btw

I know there is benefits to serialization duh 😛

[steel stirrup]

But is that because you really like UnityEvents or you just really don't want to deal with delegate syntax

[rocky canyon]

lol.. ya, the beginner response is "they expose things in the editor"

but we all know they're much more.. serialization just the word gives it away

[rocky canyon]

i was taught 1v1 for my switch system.

[rich adder]

"organize this textfile" 😛

[rocky canyon]

and they taught me w/ UnityEvents for some reaosn

[steel stirrup]

Ultimately, everyone should probably just learn all of it at some point, but UnityEvent is probably more useful for people who want to stay in the unity ecosystem and especially those who tend to handle data through the unity editor

[rich adder]

the decent part about UnityEvent they can also be listened in code directly so you dont have to use the inspector (dealing with the UI events like OnClick)

[steel stirrup]

What do you mean? onclick can also be set in code

[rich adder]

isn't that what I said?

I mean you can use AddListener

[steel stirrup]

thought you were implying it couldn't

[rocky canyon]

one thing im missing in this script is.. i have Add/RemoveListener

[rich adder]

naaa . My designer friends like those inspector goodness though

[rocky canyon]

but normally im used to seeing += and -=

[cosmic dagger]

😄 🤣

[cosmic dagger]

Honestly, I like using both. Unity events are great for setting up reactive stuff on the same GameObject . . .

[cosmic dagger]

Yeah, they have persistent and non-persistent listeners. There is a difference to understand . . .

[rocky canyon]

i think thats what happened to me..

he wanted everything in the inspector 🤮

[steel stirrup]

I think a lot of tutorials push people towards using the inspector and scriptable objects to hold data just to get things done quickly

[rocky canyon]

i despise when people use ScriptableObject just so it can not go on a gameobject

theres gotta be more to it..

that seems sloppy.. but who am i to say..

[steel stirrup]

I still have never encountered an actual use case for it in all honesty

[rocky canyon]

anytime ive used a ScriptableObject.. its directly referenced via the script anyways

[steel stirrup]

I prefer to keep data in csvs loaded from streamingassets

[mighty goblet]

hey, ive been struggling to fix my player movement, my player keeps getting dragged and moves by itself a lot. This happened after i added in an animator cutscene and im not sure why, anyone got any suggestions ?

[full kernel]

The inspector is there to help design your game, and being able to control how events are hooked up in the inspector rather than hard-coding it is actually a pretty nifty way to handle dependency inversion/injection

[rocky canyon]

i use classes and structs

gets the job done ¯_(ツ)_/¯

[rich adder]

not without seeing some !code

[eternal falcon]

Posting code

📃 Large Code Blocks

Use links to services like:
https://gdl.space/, https://paste.ofcode.org/, https://hatebin.com/, https://paste.myst.rs/, https://hastebin.com/

📃 Inline Code

Surround code with three backquotes. Not quotation marks.
To format as C#, add cs to the first line:
```cs
// Your code here
```
Add a comment with a line number if there is an error message.

[rich adder]

whats handy about UnityEvent though is the same drawback it has, you dont have to modify 3-4 scripts to listen to event. If you need to interact with specific components without adding so many references. Good for quick prototype but in the long run..

[steel stirrup]

UnityEvent has its place, for ui its about as good as it gets honestly. Saves needing to make tiny scripts for every little thing

[rich adder]

I just put it all in UIManager 😛

[rocky canyon]

well, the way mines massively inspector focused.. i just assign reference via it.. and i never really have to worry about what listening.. only things within the IInteractable is controlled

[steel stirrup]

I've just had enough bad experiences with the inspector losing references on older versions of unity that I don't trust it to hold anything important

Back with the old unity collab it felt like every pull had a 50/50 shot of some random prefab disintegrating

[rich adder]

also noticed the invoke order doesnt seem to be specific order ?

[toxic yacht]

Ive been using unityevents for message brokers. Like I'll have a Hittable component that has an OnHit unity event. Then I can hook up the listeners for any specific hittable object in the inspector. And then stuff that I don't need to think about when I'm not in code, like an enemy manager listening to all of the instantiated enemies' OnDeath event, I'll use c# Actions for.

[rocky canyon]

i just hate having inspector values having full control.. soo many times it would be a test i did and forgot to change back my inspector values.. and then i check the script.. and the values inside the script are WAY OFF since i made em a long time ago.. and then im stuck fine-tuning everything

soo. private all the way.. or i tend to use [ReadOnly] alot now

[steel stirrup]

yeah same experience, I don't expose anything these days unless actually needed

[rich adder]

Yeah its good that case, but hard to traceback later on. For asset though i would rather use inspector so its "plug and play" (speaking strictly events ofc)

[mighty goblet]

do i just send the link here

[rocky canyon]

hits Reset in the context menu -> every value changes to something ridiculous -> throws pc off the rooftop

[rich adder]

yes this is a code channel, thats what its for

[steel stirrup]

yeah just put the code on hatebin or whatever and post the link here

[mighty goblet]

https://paste.ofcode.org/g7JLqzfvdhPJ4wAFVh6w9D

[dire flare]

Am stuck pls I need help .
How do I shoot in unity I want to understand not to copy and paste any book or guide

[rocky canyon]

attn Hatebin has a 50% success rate

[steel stirrup]

Way too big a topic

[rich adder]

so only happens during the cutscene?

[rocky canyon]

a nifty little debug w/ a passed reference in the context is a solid way to keep track

but remmeber to remove em all b4 build day

or i guess the stacktrace w/ a normal debug would be enough

[mighty goblet]

for some reason it started happening the whole time im playing now not just when the cutscene happens, only happened after i made that cutscene

[summer stump]

1. Point in direction
2. Instantiate thing, move it forward.
   Or
3. raycast

[steel stirrup]

you can use a directive to avoid needing to edit things

[rocky canyon]

could u elaborate?

[rich adder]

none of the code you sent moves anything, we need more context maybe show a video

[rocky canyon]

i tend to put a script on the bullet/projectile that just moves it forward AddForce(transform.forward) or AddRelativeForce(Vector3.forward).. and then just instantiating the bullet w/ the rotation im expecting it to point.. (once it spawns it handles itself and takes off)

even this.. i forget this thing exists everysingle time

[mighty goblet]

ill share a video gimme a few

[steel stirrup]

you'll want to read through this https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/PlatformDependentCompilation.html , but basically you can exclude code that's irrelevant to a production build pretty easily without needing to go through and muck around

[rocky canyon]

ohh i seee..

[rocky canyon]

sorta like the #if editor type tags

[rich adder]

imagine putting around every debug.log

[rocky canyon]

ahh nah, nvm thats not similar at all..cuz those would still be there.. just ignored.. or do they get stripped out?

[rocky canyon]

thankyou mate.. i'll give it a read 👍

[steel stirrup]

editor classes don't get included in builds at all iirc?

[rich adder]

naw

[rocky canyon]

ya editor classes excluded irrc

[rich adder]

I think the whole assembly gets excluded

[rocky canyon]

yea, everything within an Editor folder gets droppped

[steel stirrup]

stripped out if the condition isn't true

if you wanted to keep it when compiled you'd use Application.isEditor or something like that

though i'm not sure why you'd ever do that

[rocky canyon]

// Editor-only code here
#endif``` do too apparently

[steel stirrup]

anything with #if is a directive

[rich adder]

#📲┃ui-ux

[rocky canyon]

im learning stuff today 🥳

[steel stirrup]

now go learn C# action/func/pred

[rich adder]

delagate

[steel stirrup]

I really, really wish that the big tutorial channels/educators would focus more on teaching delegates

they're so incredibly useful

but most self taught programmers seem to not even know they exist

[rocky canyon]

tardigrade?

ohh delegate* lol

[rich adder]

https://learn.unity.com/tutorial/delegates

[dire flare]

Give me a link

[rocky canyon]

delegates are OP

https://gamedevbeginner.com/events-and-delegates-in-unity/ heres a solid TXT file

[rich adder]

the 👁️ pattern

[rocky canyon]

ehh, i should probably avoid classes named Action then i guess 🫣
edit - welp, time to refactor some stuff real quick

[rich adder]

using Action = System

[steel stirrup]

See, my issue with that is that, like most info on the subject, it focuses on delegate itself. Obviously foundational knowledge, but pretty rough as an entry and with tricky'ish syntax. I've found it's much easier to get people started with Action

[steel stirrup]

delightfully cursed

[steel stirrup]

I dig the yellow brackets though

[queen adder]

Also using capitalized names in events can get you in trouble. For example, if you have an Action that named "OnXXX" and there is another method named "OnXXX", it will conflict. I prefer the non-capitalizated one like "onXXX"

[rich adder]

yeah the unity ones don't cover too much intermediate / advanced c# in good detail

they expect you to kinda know all this

[steel stirrup]

delegates are one of those areas where i think it's most helpful to work backwards honestly

[rocky canyon]

i can do that.. already do that w/ my debug class and my random classes

[steel stirrup]

and understanding predicate is really helpful for using linq

[rocky canyon]

ahh, never thought to use camelCase on those

[steel stirrup]

or setting up your own extensions

[rich adder]

Idk if I would do it for Action thats too close to home 🫣

[rocky canyon]

linq is a scary word to me

[steel stirrup]

linq is my god

it's also probably singlehandedly responsible for 90% of my cpu time

[queen adder]

Linq is good but it creates a lot of garbage and garbage is an enemy for game developers

[rich adder]

hate the new sytax they try to use for it

[steel stirrup]

new syntax?

[rich adder]

depends on which part of linq

[rich adder]

yes its more verbose, i hate it

[queen adder]

Naa it already creates it's first garbage on conversion of IEnumerable > XXX.Enumerator

[steel stirrup]

It doesn't really matter 99% of the time, and it's easy to just convert everything away from linq when you're done and ready to optimize

[rich adder]

well not new.

IEnumerable<int> scoreQuery =
    from score in scores
    where score > 80
    select score;```

[steel stirrup]

ohhh

[rich adder]

I shoudn't say "verbose" but too much close to english, me no likey

[steel stirrup]

wasn't that to make it close to some database query or something

[rich adder]

feels pythony

[rocky canyon]

public class Operation : MonoBehaviour```

[eternal needle]

Well most people know events, which is really just a keyword using for delegates. It's not some hidden secret, people just dont know the name and delegates without event isnt really used much in game dev unless you're working on something unique

[queen adder]

I hated databases always and i agree it is uglyyy

[rich adder]

yeah its like SQL or any other weird query lang

ill keep my . chains thank you very much

[steel stirrup]

I'm not really sure how you develop much of a game without callbacks, which require knowing delegates, or at least Action. Events are a pretty unique flavor

[rocky canyon]

      var methods = monoBehaviour.GetType().GetMethods(
                BindingFlags.Instance | 
                BindingFlags.Static | 
                BindingFlags.Public | 
                BindingFlags.NonPublic);``` i got some python-esque code i wrote yesterday 🙂

not quite the same..

[rich adder]

not so much the indent

[steel stirrup]

good luck with the error logs 🫡

[rocky canyon]

lol, its my first dive into reflection/editor attributes

[eternal needle]

What im saying are people know about delegates, they just dont know it's called a delegate lol. Because they use 'event Action' all the time which really will be the most common usage

[final arrow]

can someone please help with hand coding😭 the hands on the character is funky

[steel stirrup]

If you want a fun little way to learn

[rich adder]

var results = strings.Where(s => s.Contains(searchTerm, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)).ToList();

 var results = from s in strings
                      where s.Contains(searchTerm, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
                      select s;```
which do you like ?

[steel stirrup]

try making a console to control your project

[rocky canyon]

thats all im into bro!

oh like dis?

[steel stirrup]

99% of the time i run into issues, its because i forgot the 'ordinal ignore case'

[queen adder]

I tried it before. I ended up using someone's extensions instead. The API was like designed by a team which they are just created their needs only

[final arrow]

@crude solstice

[mighty goblet]

can only send a short video of what happens after the animation

is that fine

[rocky canyon]

somethings better than nothing

[rich adder]

anything helps as long as it shows the problem

[mighty goblet]

oki

[steel stirrup]

yeah, now use it to execute methods via reflection

[mighty goblet]

one mine then itll show the dragging n automoving

[rocky canyon]

lets dooo 1 step at a time boss man 🤣

[rocky canyon]

i add them @ runtime

[steel stirrup]

also if we're going with shoving python into C#, my entry: https://hatebin.com/bojwzoadeb

[rocky canyon]

i believe my static commands do use reflection

but the shell part was robbed from a github

[mighty goblet]

this is all i could send cuz of the limit

[rocky canyon]

weird.. theres a huge limit here.. 100mb + ircc

[mighty goblet]

mine says 50 mb limit

[rocky canyon]

alrighty. now explain. what is it that u wish to happen.. whats not happening.. and what are we lookin at

[mighty goblet]

the first 5 secs is automoving

[rich adder]

https://streamable.com is good for big files

[mighty goblet]

second five is when i tried moving right its like somethings blocking me from doing so

[steel stirrup]

I love streamable so much

[rich adder]

what is the rigidbody speed when you're slowed

check the velocity

you can also use physics debugger

see if there are colliders or anything there ?

[mighty goblet]

ill check now

[mighty goblet]

havent used debugger before, is that okay?

also another separate issue ive been having is i cant start a timeline, like i press play with a component in and it doesnt run at all , even as a preview

[rich adder]

hmm seems like your velocity is matching your movespeed

[mighty goblet]

the normal movement speed is faster than in the clip

the clip is with the drag thing like preventing me from going right and left

i can show the normal movement and how its meant to look if thatll help

[steep rose]

are you limiting speed in any way?

[mighty goblet]

i dont think so, i didnt touch the movement scripts at all

before i made my cutscene it worked smoothly, but after it, its been like that

[steep rose]

can we see some movement code

[rich adder]

the rigidbody is probably fighting the transforms with the animator

[steep rose]

or any code that affects velocity

[mighty goblet]

maybe

[mighty goblet]

im p sure no code affects it

ill check

[steep rose]

well your movement code should affect some sort of movement

[mighty goblet]

!code

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[mighty goblet]

https://paste.ofcode.org/4c8t3NvPaaBJd7i6isbuw

forgot to save as C# for that ^

[rich adder]

transform.rotation * new Vector3 🤔

[steep rose]

this is a different way to apply movement to a rigidbody 😅

[mighty goblet]

sorry

first unity project

[steep rose]

you are not in trouble or anything lol

[mighty goblet]

looool

[mighty goblet]

also any ideas on why this could happen ?

[mighty goblet]

do I need to change this ?

[ivory bobcat]

Can you show the inspector for the object when it's misbehaving?

[mighty goblet]

i fixed it

was the dumbest thing aswell oops

now just need to get my timeline to work

[rich adder]

what was it ?

[mighty goblet]

i didnt have freeze rotation z ticked

i had a tester world with x and z ticked n movement worked there

did the same for this n it works now

[graceful crystal]

anyone know the visual studio shortcut key that turns my mouse into a yellow block that replaces writing

really bugging me

[eternal needle]

insert?

[graceful crystal]

yes thank you

spent 10 minutes seaching all visual studio shortcuts

[summer stump]

Not a VS shortcut

It is from the operating system itself

[graceful crystal]

probably why i couldnt find it then

[cosmic dagger]

i've used SOs to hold a static event and method. this allows me to subscribe and invoke the event without needing an instance or a singleton . . .

[rocky canyon]

those are the cases i think ive heard to avoid lol

but who knows.. the misinformation is real sometimes

can you do Class : SO, MonoBehaviour ?

[cosmic dagger]

nah . . .

[dusky quartz]

hello everyone, so im trying make obstacle on tilemap, already use tilemap collider and still not working

[rocky canyon]

whats not working? the code?

[dusky quartz]

im still can pass obstacle

[cosmic dagger]

i have a DamageTextService SO that allows one to call OnDamageTextReceived(DamageTextArgs args) to invoke an event that displays the damage text to the screen . . .

it's how other systems can talk to it without needing a dependency . . .

[rocky canyon]

ya, i mean it makes sense.. i myself cant see nothing wrong with it.. i might think of that for my own purposes now.. at some point in my journey lol

[cosmic dagger]

you've done a lot of things though. bits of pieces here and there that add up . . .

[rocky canyon]

is obstacle got a collider on it? how u intend on you getting stopped by it?

im debating on whether this code related.. or belong somewehre else

[dusky quartz]

yes already collider tilemap, but im still can pass through

[rocky canyon]

how do you move the player??

[summer stump]

The PLAYER has a collider too?

[dusky quartz]

i don't get it

[carmine lagoon]

I just wanna ask. I have a "private transform target" in a detection tower and I wanna use it as a reference so that another game object can target the object that is called, specifically an enemy. Do i just change it and call it like public transform target and declare it on the other game object??

[dusky quartz]

yup

[rocky canyon]

the code..

!code what moves ur player

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[rocky canyon]

is it transform.position = .. aka translation..

[summer stump]

Show the code you use to move the player

[summer stump]

No.

[rocky canyon]

• does it have a rigidbody?
• should it?
  .. just a few questions that eventually need answered..

[summer stump]

@carmine lagoon The name of the variable is irrelevant.

See here
https://unity.huh.how/references

[rocky canyon]

just show the code and we'll know most of it

[dusky quartz]

aight wait

[carmine lagoon]

thanks~

[cosmic dagger]

you need to allow other scripts to access the field. since it's private, outside scripts cannot access it. you can create a get only property that allows other (outside) scripts to access it but not modify or assign it . . .

[carmine lagoon]

so i make it public and put it in serialized references right?

then use getcomponent?

[cosmic dagger]

no, no, no . . .

create a property called Target with a get accessor that returns your private field . . .

then you need to figure out how to reference the script to access the property (using the link from Aethenosity) . . .

[carmine lagoon]

okay okayyy, thanks

[dusky quartz]

https://hatebin.com/mnblklwmtb

[solemn fractal]

hey guys. I have 2 scripts in one object I have. The second one. WaveController. I thought that just creating like Private WaveController _waveController, I wouild be able to have access to it as it is already inside the object. But it is giving me null execption. If I turn it into serialized.. I cant drag the script into the field on inspector.. what is the fix for that? Thank you

[dusky quartz]

thats code

[steep rose]

I would change private to public if you want Spawn Manager to be able to change and use Wave Controller via code, also does it just not let you drag it in? it should allow you to drag it in if thats all you done to it

[solemn fractal]

it doesnt. I removed the serialized and I am using on Awake cs _waveController = GetComponent<WaveController>();

and its working now

[summer stump]

Transform.Translate does not respect physics (like collisions)
Look into CharacterController or Rigidbody based movement
Or recreate your own physics using things like raycasts

[carmine lagoon]

so imma just make a get property in the second gameobject, am I right?

[summer stump]

Nevermind pedro. I see

[solemn fractal]

I was dragging the script it self but now its working. thank you

[carmine lagoon]

for example
get { return target; }

[dusky quartz]

thank you

[cosmic dagger]

No, the property is on the same script with the private field; the property returns the private field . . .

[carmine lagoon]

ohh okay. I think i get it now. I'll call another variable in the detection tower which is public then i'll make a get property code so I can call it out in other game objects

is that how it works?

[solemn fractal]

!code

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[oblique gale]

I don't really understand? why can't I change the transform of the viewport of a scrollview???

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys.. I have 2 classes. 1 - WaveController, 2 - TimeController. Inside wave controler i checked with Debuglog, and time is always starting at 0 and working fine.. but the game is going inside my IF statement where it says time need to be greater or iqual to 120 already at the start of the game. What could it be. ```cs if (_timeController.elapsedTimeGet >= _addTwoMinutes){}{
_waveCount++;
_addTwoMinutes += 120;

    }``` Full 2 classes code https://paste.ofcode.org/XDG9gDYYjrsjrGEec6SNAa

[rich adder]

wdym you always start with 120

[solemn fractal]

wdym?

[carmine lagoon]

like this?
https://hatebin.com/pkvviiwlqo

[solemn fractal]

_addTwoMinutes I always start as 120, but the if says if the time is greater than 120 go inside the if. and the time starts at 0.. so it should not go inside it until the time is 120.

[rich adder]

how did you tets its going inside?

where are you checking elapsedTime value

[solid lark]

try this
if (Time.time >= _addTwoMinutes){}{
_waveCount++;
_addTwoMinutes += 120;
}

[solemn fractal]

debug.log for _timeController.elapsedTimeGet, it shows correct the time starts at 0 and it goes up normally as time should workl. Debug.log for _waveCount++; and it increased like crazy since the start of the game as well _addTwoMinutes, and the only place they are incremented is inside the IF

[solemn fractal]

Same result

[solid lark]

Can you possibly send a screen shot of the whole function?

[solemn fractal]

You can see it here: https://paste.ofcode.org/XDG9gDYYjrsjrGEec6SNAa

[solid lark]

Oh i see your issue

The issue is the brackets

you're doing
if(){} {}

[solemn fractal]

omg

[solid lark]

remove one set of brackets

[solemn fractal]

I didnt see that

[rich adder]

oh wow

[solemn fractal]

hahahaha

[solid lark]

Lol

[solemn fractal]

now it works hahahaha

[rich adder]

not a fan of that style of brackets

[solid lark]

Amazing!

[carmine lagoon]

yea... programming things lol

[solemn fractal]

what do u recommend?

[rich adder]

the c# standard tbh

[solid lark]

I love those brackets

[rich adder]

{
//
}

[carmine lagoon]

i do it like this
if
{
}

[solemn fractal]

haha yeah.. crazy stuff.. I was looking for logic error and it was a misstype error..

[summer stump]

That is called cozy curlies, where you have the bracket inline with the if. It is not preferred according to c# standards

[rich adder]

do whatever is comfortable for you

[solemn fractal]

I find it ugly as space consuming. I can try using it and get used to it.

[solid lark]

They are much more compact like this

void HelloWorld() {

}

[mint remnant]

now go have a look at Code Monekey's timer tick system where he explains how to use events to do same thing

[solemn fractal]

thank you

[carmine lagoon]

can someone teach me what do i do to get the value of the public Target? Thanks

[rich adder]

which value?

[summer stump]

classReference.Target

[rich adder]

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/csharp/language-reference/operators/member-access-operators#member-access-expression-

[summer stump]

Just basic dot notation

[carmine lagoon]

thanks~

[carmine lagoon]

do I use this at the second game object

[summer stump]

I dunno what you are asking

But if I am right about what you mean, yeah, other objects need the reference to the class instance

If you are calling it from INSIDE that class, just write Target

[solid lark]

In your script why are you trying to set Target to target?

you can just use target

[carmine lagoon]

ohh wait. so basically the code I sent is like a detection tower. I wanted to use the target within the code so that it can be called out in the other game object(basically which shoots the target). That's why they told me to make a get property.

[summer stump]

It is a property, best to use it instead of the backing field, even inside that class

[solid lark]

I see that

[summer stump]

So this
#💻┃code-beginner message

[summer stump]

You don't ever want to directly reference the backing field
If you go modify the behavior of the getter or setter, you would have to change a lot of code in the future
It is the whole point of making it a property

[solid lark]

Why would that be an issue?

[carmine lagoon]

thank you~~~

[solid lark]

Why cant he just set the property to public?

[rich adder]

so that it is only modified within that script

[summer stump]

The property IS public...

[rich adder]

the getter is public

the backing field is private so it can only be changed in that script

[summer stump]

Looks like the setter is too

[rich adder]

yeah in this case they (OP) fdup the point of props

[summer stump]

Could just be an autoprop

[solid lark]

You can just serialize the field, right?

[rich adder]

yea but I think the point here to find it at runtime not set in inspector

[summer stump]

How is that relevant to accessing it from other scripts? Which is what they are trying to do

[solid lark]

Ohhh, I think I missunderstood the issue

I understand now

[summer stump]

Yeah, for just the inspector, may as well do a serialized private

[rich adder]

no clue how they wrote this whole script without knowing how to access it from another script 😅

[solid lark]

I didnt know he was trying to get the value from another script

[summer stump]

Honestly, I wasn't sure at first either haha

[graceful crystal]

anyone know how i would get this to actually show up green

[summer stump]

!ide

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[cosmic dagger]

You're repeating the exact same code. Just call ResetTime in Start . . .

[carmine lagoon]

it's my first time to use C# never really used it before T~T

[rich adder]

you're literally accessing Props and methods through the whole script

[carmine lagoon]

so i'm learning everything rn

[summer stump]

You may wanna do this before continuing in unity
https://www.w3schools.com/cs/index.php

Then !learn after

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[summer stump]

The junior programmer pathway specifically

[carmine lagoon]

thank you guys

[cosmic dagger]

Honestly, I watched the Unity beginner and intermediate tutorials, read RB Whitaker's C# tutorials, and was good to go

As long as you follow along and manually write the code yourself, you'll understand the concepts and terms . . .

[mint remnant]

why would you not use an event system for a timer functionality?

[solid lark]

You can save performance

[summer stump]

I mean, you certainly can. There are a bunch of ways to do it
Why not use Tasks? Why not this or that?

[teal viper]

Why would you? Is there some special timer functionality that I never heard about?

[mint remnant]

just curious why you and nav reacted with not like this

[summer stump]

Because you recommended Code Monkey

At least for me. Not gonna speak for nav

[mint remnant]

oh is he bad to reccomend?

[summer stump]

I strongly dislike him, and brackeys, and code bro, and that one called dave something that I keep forgetting

[rich adder]

not a fan of the videos

[mint remnant]

I tend to watch them all, glean the good stuff and reject the bad stuff

[rich adder]

being passed off as "clean code" when its not

its all over the place if you ask me, but clearly it works for them so whatevs

[mint remnant]

ok fair enough, just thought the idea of a timer on events was somehow bad

[rich adder]

nothing wrong with timers and events

the System timer has a built in event
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.timers.timer.elapsed?view=net-8.0

[summer stump]

Not bad, but certainly a new level of knowledge I don't want to get into. I generally try to fix what someone has, not completely recommend a different method (unless it is REALLY called for, which, sometimes it is)

[mint remnant]

ok, was more thinking hey if you want to try expanding your horizons, try this next

[solemn fractal]

hey guys. I have a simple code here. I have 2 objects.. both with circle collider 2d.. both with rigidbody 2d Dynamic. One is the bullet the other the enemy. I am just trying first to achieve a simple task. My enemy class name is CircleEnemy and the bullet class is PlayerBullet. Both have tags with the same name of the class. In the bullet script I just have that: private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) { if (other.CompareTag("CircleEnemy")){ Destroy(this.gameObject); } } The bullet hits the enemy and bounces instead of being destroyed. What Am I missing here?

[mint remnant]

Destroy(this.gameObject); destroys hte current object that script is on

[solemn fractal]

exactly.. it should destroy the PlayerBullet

But it doesnt.. and the script is on the PlayerBullet.

    private int _playerBulletSpeed = 2;
    private int _playerBulletDamange = 1;


    void Start(){
        
    }

    void Update(){
        
    }

    private void OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) {
        if (other.CompareTag("CircleEnemy")){
            Destroy(this.gameObject);
        }
    }```

[mint remnant]

read up on what "this" keyword means

oh you are trying to destroy the bullet

[solemn fractal]

exactly

but the bullet bounces

instead of being destroyed

[mint remnant]

perhaps you want other.collider?

[solemn fractal]

I have another game that I made and it works there, i just did the same.. there works but here not. I am missing something I cant find

[summer stump]

Oh totally. I wasn't meaning that as a dig against you. I have so little energy lately I just have no desire to get into it sometimes haha

[devout flower]

Might need to use OnCollisionEnter

[summer stump]

Add a debug to see if OnTrigger is even called at all

The Three Commandments of OnTriggerEnter2D:

1. Thou Shalt have a 2D Collider on each object
2. Thou Shalt tick isTrigger on at least one of them
3. Thou Shalt have a 2D Rigidbody on at least one of them

(From digiholic)

[devout flower]

Instead of trigger (depending on the collider settings)

[solemn fractal]

Will try that because i did that in another game I have and works find the same way I did here. let me test.

AHH YEAH that is it.. the isTrigger is not ticket.. let me test .. that should be the problem

yes that was the issue. Thank you. I forgot completly about that

[summer stump]

If you would rather it not be a trigger, then iLikePizza's suggestion is best

[solemn fractal]

Got it, thank you guys.

[mint remnant]

Litterally, you can't put too many debug logs in your code, they only help you, comment them out after resolved, leave them hang around a while, remove them later when you are thoroughly convinced you understand the issue

[solemn fractal]

True.. OnCollisionEnter, I do not need to check for Tags correct?

It just fires whenever .. or whatever it collides with a collider i imagine.. that will be more random.. trigger is more specific.

[summer stump]

You still would need to validate the collision

The only difference is that it would be for neither object being a trigger

[solemn fractal]

becase CompareTag is not allowing me to check with OnCollisionEnter2D

[summer stump]

collision.collider.CompareTag

[rich adder]

are you sure you're not trying to do it on Collision type?

[summer stump]

Simply have to access the collider from the collision struct

[rich adder]

yeah you're trying to do it from Collision type

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Collision2D.html

[summer stump]

See what I wrote just above?

[solemn fractal]

Yeah, ok thank you!!

[rich adder]

if(other.TryGetComponent(out PlayerBullet playerBullet))
...
playerBullet.stuff
etc..```

no need for tags

[solemn fractal]

Got it, thank you!! ❤️

[rich adder]

btw Destroy (playerBullet) you're only destroying the component not the gameobject

[solemn fractal]

Destroy(playerBullet.gameObject);
Just corrected

Thank you.

[frigid schooner]

hello I saw this one video about this guy making a game that deletes itself when you die, just curious how would you do it? I would like to try / understand how he did it, because from what I know, it is not possible to delete an application that is running, but you need it to be running in order to detect deaths and activate the script that deletes the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIdO1Z8mD7Q 9:22

[wintry quarry]

Copy the app to a temp folder. Run it from there. Delete the "main" game folder when you die. Smoke and mirrors like everything in video games

[timid quartz]

I can't seem to get my 2d collisions to report. here's a screenshot showing the code, the project settings showing that the layer collides with itself, and the collider2d and rigidbody 2d settings.

ah, just realized I am comparing tags and looking at layers, but even after fixing that no dice unfortunately

[solemn fractal]

Hey guys. More newbie questions for you. In my past game I used scriptable object to manage my enemies Damage and Health. Worked fine.. Now I am trying different ways to see if that works too. I have this code for the EnemyHealth where it says if the enemy health is 0 or less he will be destroyed. It is working fine. But the issue is. I am using it on 2 dif enemy prefabs. So when I hit the first enemy all the other enemies in the screen that were already instantiated will be 0 HP too. Is that a way to fix that simple or I really need to use scriptable object to achieve that? https://paste.ofcode.org/SaADfF2peHfRCi3vQiVwEv

[summer stump]

I am confused about the issue. Let me look at the code more, but to start with, you should absolutely NOT use scriptable objects for current health.

Treat scriptable objects as immutable

[solemn fractal]

I used for my past game worked like a charm even tho prob is not the correct way. But I hated to use scriptable objects to be honest and I was trying a more direct simple way.

[summer stump]

Show EnemyHealth component

[rich adder]

so "hit" doesn't print ?

[timid quartz]

correct

it should print twice, even, since I am dragging these over themselves

[summer stump]

Did it work even in a build?
Also, even if it works, you are still making a whole new asset for every instance of health. It is terrible and should not be used

[rich adder]

why is there a rigidbody on a image component

[wintry quarry]

What's the other object you're supposed to be colliding with?

[timid quartz]

because I am dragging and dropping UI elements within the canvas, they are hitting each other in theory

imagine a MMO hotbar, I am building the "drag to another ability to swap" part of that

[rich adder]

you should not be using colliders / physics in UI

use EventSystem n such

[wintry quarry]

Why would you build that with physics?

That's not right at all

[timid quartz]

I wasn't aware there was another way

[summer stump]

Do you set EnemyList in any other script?

That is an.... interesting name for health

[wintry quarry]

Physics is for game world stuff, not UI. Use the event system drag and drop stuff

[solemn fractal]

Yes, in my SpawnManager where enemies are being spawned.

[summer stump]

Then that is the issue
Show that script

[timid quartz]

I am actually using event triggers for drag/drop stuff

how would I check if I am hovering over the right place though if I don't check for collisions?

[solemn fractal]

So I should have access to this in SpawnManager I guess: enemyPos1 = Instantiate(_enemyPrefabList[0], new Vector3(randomPositionXXR, randomPositionYR, 0), Quaternion.identity); _enemyList.Add(enemyPos1);

[wintry quarry]

With the event system pointer enter event

[rich adder]

dont forget to disable raycast target on the thing you're dragging so it doesnt mess with your raycast dropzone

[summer stump]

What is _enemyList?
That is something different than what I was asking about
I wanted to know about the EnemyList property you made in EnemyHealth which sets _enemyHealth

Line 26 of the script you shared

[timid quartz]

Ok, I'll give that a try, thank you!

[wintry quarry]

Physics and UI don't even live in the same coordinate space. It's just completely the wrong track. Look up some drag and drop UI tutorials

[solemn fractal]

Oh now.. that name is wrong.. there should be public in enemyHealthGetSet my bad

Ignore that name that is there now.

public int enemyHealthGetSet{ get { return _enemyHealth; } set { _enemyHealth = value; } }

[summer stump]

I would not use the words GetSet in all these properties at all. But that is neither here nor there

I believe that is the issue.

See what happens when you comment out that line

[solemn fractal]

I am not using this Get set anywhere for now.. just commented nothing happened. I am controlling the lost of health in the same script..